maltreated
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They have described using such tools as a moral imperative, insisting that child welfare officials should draw from all data at their disposal to make sure children aren’t maltreated.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
Aruma spends most of his time relaxing in hammocks, though Ossio says that during the pandemic the center has seen a rise in animals who were trafficked, maltreated or abandoned.
From Reuters ● Feb. 2, 2022
The film’s smartest insights come from observing how maltreated children bear their secrets.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
No matter what, indigenous women have to deal with the fact that our stories occasionally will be maltreated even after we reach assemblages of success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
He, too, had been much maltreated; his coat was all torn and dragging on the ground, the sleeve hung in rags down over his hand, his flannel shirt likewise.
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
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